Dr. Gregory Richardson, is a cultural anthropologist and educator with over 15 years of teaching, research and policy development experience in the field of culture, music, language, history, ethnicity, identity and education. One of his main research approaches is ethnographic research. His research has culminated in 3 book publications, numerous book chapters and other projects. He also has an enormous interest in expressions emanating from urban spaces such as Caribbean style carnivals, dance, rap and hip-hop culture, dancehall reggae, soca, Latin Caribbean music, Afro beats, youth culture, creole languages and urban slang.